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Fairfield Parlour - From Home To Home (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Aries 3:23
  2. In My Box 2:03
  3. By Your Bedside 2:36
  4. Soldier Of The Flesh 3:40
  5. I Will Always Feel The Same 1:50
  6. Free 4:19
  7. Emily 5:20
  8. Chalk On The Wall 1:07
  9. Glorious On The Wall 2:48
  10. Monkey 2:21
  11. Sunny Side Circus 2:47
  12. Drummer Boy Of Shiloh 3:17
  13. Just Another Day 2:35
  14. Caraminda 1:59
  15. I Am All The Animals 1:01
  16. Songs For You 1:19

Notes

Originally released in 1970 on Vertigo, this is a collectable album that Kaleidoscope recorded under a different name. Pretty good '60s-influenced British pop psychedelia.

Melody Maker: Where do all these groups keep coming from? Here we have yet another band who emerge from nowhere with an album full of memorable songs, beautifully conceived and executed. Maybe it`s a measure of the wealth of their material that their minor hit, `Bordeaux Rosé` is not even included here. It`s a gentle, lyrical, happy-sad album and very English with fine harmonies floating above solid and unflashy playing on keyboards, acoustic guitars, flute and occasional touches of mellotron. At times there`s an early Fairport feel -- maybe because singer, Peter Daltrey sounds faintly similar to Ian Matthews -- but comparisons are unfair, for this is one of those happy bands who seems to have evolved their own style in a short space of time. It`s an album with a lot of character and deserves a listen from anyone who veers towards the gentler side of rock.